In the 50’s in the south of the USA, people lived separately in two different neighborhoods: the black and the white neighborhoods. They were totally different. In the black neighborhood, black people played and sang “Rhythm and Blues” (R&B) which was similar to traditional Blues but faster. Blues was the music style that free black slaves sang from one plantation to another for a living. It was an easy music style based just in three chords always repeating themselves. Blues songs were sad but R&B was faster and happier, just perfect to dance and have a great time!
R&B songs became really famous among black people but also among young white people! For that reason, they started to buy R&B’s recordings in the “black market”. These recordings had a sticker on top saying “race record”, that meant that this music could be heard and bought just by black people. Since also white people wanted to listen to R&B, white record companies decided to create a similar music style but this time sung by white people and for white people. The name of this new music style was “Rock and Roll” (R&R) and it became very famous too.
The most well-known R&B singer was Chuck Berry, and the most famous R&R icon was Elvis Presley, also known as Elvis “The Pelvis”, or simply the “King of Rock”.
R&B: CHUCK BERRY
Charles Edward Anderson-Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "JohnnyB. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. Now he is 84 years old. He played in a concert on the first of January this year.
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy named of Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
[Chorus:]
Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Or sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made.
The People passing by, they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
[Chorus]
His mother told him someday you will be a man,
And you would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.
[Chorus]
Chuck Berry - You can't catch me (1956)
R&R: ELVIS AARON PRESLEY
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. A culturalicon, he is commonly known by the singlename Elvis. One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis began his career there in 1954, working with SunRecords owner SamPhillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley's first RCA single, "HeartbreakHotel", released in January 1956, was a number-one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African-American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in "Love Me Tender".
He staged few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, after seven years away from the stage, he returned to live performance in a celebrated comeback televisio nspecial that led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of profitable tours. In 1973 Presley staged the first concert broadcast globally via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.
Below the lyrics of the most famous songs are presented:
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
Wise men say only fools rush in but I can't help falling in love with you Shall I stay would it be a sin If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling so it goes some things are meant to be take my hand, take my whole life too for I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling so it goes some things are meant to be take my hand, take my whole life too for I can't help falling in love with you for I can't help falling in love with you
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Recorded in 1973 by Elvis Presley won the 16th place on the Billboard charts.
Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time
You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me, give me one more chance To keep you satisfied, satisfied
Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you Im so happy that you're mine If I make you feel second best Girl, Im sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me, give me one more chance To keep you satisfied, satisfied
Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You are always on my mind You are always on my mind
THE 60's
At the beginning of the 60’s, in the USA nothing had changed: Rock’n’Roll (R&R) and Rythm’n’Blues (R&B) music were still very popular, but there also appeared some new styles related to summertime and having fun such as:
Surf music
Limbo music
Twist music
SURF MUSIC
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Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was especially popular from 1961 to 1966, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music It has two major forms: largely instrumental surf rock, with an electric guitar or saxophone playing the main melody, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, and vocal surf pop, including both surf ballads and dance music, often with strong harmonies that are most associated with The Beach Boys. Many notable surf bands have been equally noted for both surf instrumental and surf pop music, so surf music is generally considered as a single genre despite the variety of these styles.
Form:
Surf music began in the early 1960s as instrumental dance music, almost always in straight 4/4 (or common) time, with a medium to fast tempo. The sound was dominated by electric guitars which were particularly characterized by the extensive use of the "wet"spring reverb that was incorporated into Fender amplifiers from 1961, which is thought to emulate the sound of the waves. Surf music was one of the first genres to universally adopt the electric bass. Some popular songs also incorporated a tenor or baritonesaxophone, as on "Surf Ride" and "Comanche". Often an electric organ or an electric piano featured as backing harmony.
Vocal surf pop:
Although it began as a purely instrumental form, surf music achieved its greatest commercial success as vocal music. Most associated with this movement were the Beach Boys. Their early albums included both instrumental surf rock, including covers of music by Dick Dale, and vocal songs. Other vocal surf acts followed, including one-hit wonders like Bruce and Terry with "Summer Means Fun".
Hot rod rock:
Hot rod rock is a form of surf music that incorporates instrumental surf rock with car noises (revving engines and screeching tires). From 1963, the Beach Boys began to leave surfing behind as subject matter as Brian Wilson became their major composer and producer, moving on to the more general themes of male adolescence, including cars and girls, in songs like "Don't Worry Baby” (1964) and "Little Deuce Coupe" (1963). "Little Deuce Coupe" has been cited as one of the earliest forms of hard rock with its series of buzzing beats.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. By the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Wilson-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound that represented a departure from the simple surf rock of the Beach Boys' early years. The Beach Boys have often been called "America's Band", and Allmusic has stated that their "unerring ability ... made them America's first, best rock band. The group has had thirty-six United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles. Rolling Stone magazine listed the Beach Boys at number 12 on their 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Disney Girls versuri / lyrics
Clearing skies and drying eyes
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Now I see your smile Darkness goes and softness shows A changing style
Just in time words that rhyme Well bless your soul Now I'll fill your hands With kisses and a Tootsie Roll
Oh reality, it's not for me And it makes me laugh Oh, fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back
Patti Page and summer days On old Cape Cod Happy times making wine In my garage Country shade and lemonade
Guess I'm slowing down It's a turned back world With a local girl
Open cars and clearer stars That's what I've lacked But fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back
Love...Hi Rick and Dave Hi Pop...Well good morning mom Love...get up guess what I'm in love with a girl I found She's really swell Cause she likes Church, bingo chances and old time dances
All my life I spent the night With dreams of you And the warmth I missed And for the things I wished They're all coming true
I've got my love to give And a place to live Guess I'm gonna stay It'd be a peaceful life With a forever wife And a kid someday
It's earlier nights And pillow fights And your soft laugh Fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back
"Disney Girls (1957)" is a song written by Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1971 album Surf's Up. The lead vocals are by Johnston, who also plays keyboards, moog bass, and mandolin. "Disney Girls " has proven to be one of Bruce Johnston's most enduring songs, still occasionally performed by The Beach Boys in concert to this day. It has been covered by many artists, including Art Garfunkel, Cass Elliott, Jack Jones, Captain & Tennille, and even Johnston himself, on his 1977 solo album Going Public. Cass Elliot's version (from the album Cass Elliot) is notable for featuring both Johnston and Carl Wilson.
TWIST MUSIC
The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative.
The dance was inspired by "The Twist," Chubby Checker's 1960 cover of the B-side of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters' 1959 single, "Teardrops on Your Letter."
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans, October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist". In September 2008 "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.
Ernest Evans was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina.By age eight Evans formed a street-corner harmony group, and by the time he entered high school, learned to play the piano. He would entertain his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lwis, Elvis Presleyand Fats Domino.
It was at this recording session that Evans got his stage name from Clark's wife, who asked Evans what his name was. "Well", he replied, "my friends call me 'Chubby'". As he had just completed a Fats Domino impression, she smiled and said, "As in Checker?"That little play on words ('chubby' meaning 'fat', and 'checkers', like 'dominoes', being a game) got an instant laugh and stuck, and from then on, Evans would use the name "Chubby Checker".Checker is the only recording artist to place five albums in the Top 12 all at once. The performer has often claimed to have personally changed the way we dance to the beat of music, as when he told Billboard, "Anyplace on the planet, when someone has a song that has a beat, they're on the floor dancing apart to the beat. And before Chubby Checker, it wasn't here."
Let's twist again
Chubby Checker
Come on everybody clap your hands Now you're looking good I'm gonna sing my song and you won't take long We gotta do the twist and it goes like this
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer Yea, let's twist again like we did last year Do you remember when things were really hummin' Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again Oh baby make me know you love me so then Come on let's twist again like we did last summer Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer Yea, let's twist again like we did last year Do you remember when things were really hummin' Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again Oh baby make me know you love me so then Come on let's twist again like we did last summer Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time ïs here
Meanwhile in Europe, in the UK, a new music style called “Pop music” or just “Pop” appeared. It was an easy music style which people could easily find nice. Its topics were familiar to all of them, mainly about love. Young people really enjoyed this new style of music. The most important groups were “The Beatles” and “The Rolling Stones”.
(active years: 1960-1970)A rockband with the biggest influence on rock and the most successful rockband which sold more than 1.3 billion plates by the end of 2004- more than anybody else in the world. They tried out a lot of music styles and sometimes combined a few. Beside pop and rock they mixed folk, country, blues, soul and a lot of others in their music. They also tried many new music trends like hard rock etc.
Their appearance in 1963 was a big sensation in The United Kingdom, by 1964 their popularity spread troughout North America especially after their appearance on Ed Sullivan’s Show. In 1964s Billboard Top 100 list they were on the first 5 placements: since then, nobody has been able to achieve this. There are 4 movies about them: Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Yellow submarine, Let it be (which won an Academy Award, more known as an Oscar for best original soundtrack category). Their last live performance was on the top of the Apple studio in January, 1969. They officially split up in 1970 and after John Lennon’s death in 1980 all hope of their reunion died.
Records:
The world’s most popular performers, after selling more than a billion plates/CDs) worldwide. In 1965 at their performance in Shea Stadium they broke the record of the most visited concert (55 600 people) and the concert with the biggest income. This was the first music concert which took part not in a theatre, or a concert hall but a stadium. They broke every viewing record in the Ed Sullivan show. More than 70 million viewers watched it. On the 12th of June, 1965 the members of The Beatles received an order of MBE (…). Interesting facts:Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison were guest stars in The Simpsons animated series but not at the same time.Their most famous album cover: Abbey road
Members:Sir James Paul McCartneyvocal, bass, piano - Liverpool/Great Britain, 1942. June 18th
He is recognized as a musical icon of the 20th century.One of the founders of The Beatles. He met Lennon on the 6th of July at a church event, where Lennon was performing with his band, The Quarrymen. John Winston Lennonvocal, rhythm guitar, keyboards - Liverpool/United Kingdom, 1940 October 9th - New York, 1980, December 8th
Lennon’s songs are full of pain and hope. His music was either very happy or very sad. His lyrics usually contained his personal or career dreams, his thoughts, the backkick of popularity and his opinion about actual happenings. With McCartney they achieved to bring in the electronic effects into rock, making them able to turn it into multiple different styles. George Harrisonvocal, sologuitar - Liverpool/Great Britain, 1943 February 25th - Los Angeles/USA, 2001 November 29th
During The Beatles’s career most songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. There are only a few songs connected to Harrison’s name. While Harrison was still a member of The Beatles he started to grow his interest towards Indian music and hinduism. At that time the whole population was interested in the eastern religions, philosophy and music. Later Harrisons interest towards meditation became a part of Harrison’s personal life and music. Harrison organized the first big charity concert.
Ringo Starr (birth name:Richard Starkey)drums, vocal - 1940, July 7th
His simple personality made him be a good partner and a good member of the band.A few important songs:
YesterdayThis is the most rewritten, remade song in the history of music, it was covered more than 3000 times. It got into the GUINNES WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS. Also, it is the most played song through the international radios in the history.
Love me doThis was one of their first studio recordings that brought them the fame.
Free as a birdA virtually born song, because the Beatles’s members took the recording of John Lennon’s song „Free as a bird” and in 1995 turned it into a song. It is in a few CD’s that contain unfinished, unpublished materials.
(1962 - present)
The Rolling Stones is a British rock band, which took part in the so called British invasion in the beginning of 1960’s. It was a leading band in the British Blues wave. During their American tour in ’69 they were referred to as the best rock and roll band in the world. The Rolling Stones is one of the longest lasting bands in the world. They make recordings even today and go on tours. It has happened many times that The Rolling Stones’s tour is the most successful tour of the year and their newest albums are usually listed among the top 5 of the Billboard 100 list. Through the 50 year career of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts were constant members of the band. They sold more than 200 million CD’s all around the world. Their first official performance was on the 12th of July, 1962 in the Marquee Club. Their first producer was Georgio Gomelsky who reserved the band in the Crawdaddy Club. In 8 months The Rolling Stones became London’s first concert band, even the Beatles watched their show. At that time the Beatles were good looking, with suits and brushed hair but The Rolling Stones were deliberately messy and uncared and on their album cover they looked like a group of criminals. The Rolling Stones became popular in the US a little later in 1964. Their first „big” hit was „Time Is On My Side” in September ‘64. They continued with great power and reached their success, which came with „Satisfaction” in the summer of 1965. Their Between the Buttons album came out in 1967 and the most famous two songs were: „Ruby Tuesday” and „Let’s spend the night together”. They had to censor their lyrics on the latter because of their performance on the Ed Sullivan show. That was the first time the band sold itself. In the beginning of 1968 they got a new producer, Allen Klein. In 1970 their signed contract with Decca Records from 1963 was coming to its end so the boys made their own record label: The Rolling Stones Records. Also in 1970 Mick Jagger in a suspence of a logo asked John Pasche, the young student from the Royal College of Art in London, to observe an emblem of the Indian Kali goddess, and make a logo. That’s how the sticking out tongue was born that later Andy Warhol used as a cover for the Sticky Fingers CD. Members:Sir Michael Phillip „Mick” Jagger - 1943 26th of July, Dartford, England - rock and roll musician, actor, lyric writer, producer and businessman
Keith Richards - 1943, 18th of December, Dartford, England - guitar player, musician, vocalist
Ronald David „Ronnie” Wood - 1947, 1st of June, London, England - guitar and bass playerHe became famous as a member of The Jeff Group and The Face, and joined The Rolling Stones in 1975.
Charles Robert „Charlie” Watts - 1941, 2nd of June, London, England - musicianHe became world famous as the drummer of The Rolling Stones. Watts is known for his elegant appearence.
I chose an important song: Paint it black, which was inspired by the War in Vietnam.
The other one is Satisfaction that brought them their success.
THE VIETNAM WAR
The “Vietnam War” broke out in 1965 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was a communist regime and was helped by China and the U.S.S.R., communist countries too. South Vietnam was a military dictatorship but it was helped by the U.S.A. The United States sent young people to fight there without experience. Finally, North Vietnam won the war, the United States retired from the country and the reunited Vietnam became the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
In the USA, during the Vietnam War, a big change took place in the American society. People protested against their government because they didn’t understand why young people had to go to fight there. So a new protest movement called “The Hippie Movement” was born. Their symbol was the daisy because it’s fragile and harmless. Their motto was: “MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR”.
Young people were not happy with their society and they tried to scape from it and so, they sometimes consumed drugs. They weren’t aware of the dangers that it represented until some of their idols started to die.
As far as music is concerned, two new music styles appeared:
Folk and Electric folk
Psychedelic rock
FOLK MUSIC
Folk music has no nameable origin. It’s more tradition than entertainment. There are folk songs that date so far back, they can be considered oral histories. Certainly, in America, songs by traditional American folksingers like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie tell stories that often don’t even appear in history books.
Lead BellyHouse of the rising sun
lyrics
there is a house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of a many a poor girl
and me, oh god are one
if i had listened like momma said
i would not be here today
but being so young and foolish too
that a gambler lead me astray
come tell my baby sisters
dont do what i have done
please shun that house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
i'm goin back to new orleans
my race is almost run
i'm goin back to new orleans
beneath the rising sun
From its origins, folk music has been the music of the working class. It is community-focused and has rarely enjoyed commercial success. By definition, it is something anyone can understand and in which everyone is welcome to participate. Folk songs range in subject matter from war, work, civil rights, and economic hardship to nonsense, satire and, of course, love songs.
From the onset of American history, folk music has shown up at times when the people needed it most. The earliest folk songs rose from slave fields as spirituals: “Down by the Riverside,” “We Shall Overcome,” etc. These are songs about struggle and hardship, but are also full of hope. They sprang from the need of the worker to go to a place in her brain where she knew there was more to the world than the hardships she was facing at the time.
Fellow Workers
The 20th Century brought folk music back into the American psyche as workers struggled and struck for child labor laws and the eight-hour work day. Workers and folksingers gathered in churches, living rooms and union halls, and learned songs that helped them cope with their rough work environment. Joe Hill was an early folk songwriter and union agitator. His songs adapted the tunes of Baptist hymns by replacing the words with verses about the ongoing labor struggles. These tunes have been sung during worker strikes and in union halls ever since.
In the 1930s, folk music enjoyed a resurgence as the stock market crashed and workers everywhere were displaced, scrambling for jobs. A series of droughts and dust storms encouraged farmers out of the Dust Bowl region and toward promises in California and New York State. These communities were found in boxcars and jungle camps, as workers tried to make their way from job to job.
Woody Guthrie was one of those workers who headed to California in search of gainful employment. Woody wrote hundreds of songs between the 1930s and his death in 1967 of Huntington’s Chorea.
WOODY GUTHRIEThis land is your land
In the 1940s, bluegrass began to evolve as a distinct genre with greats like Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, which spawned banjo legend Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, as well as Del McCoury and others.
BILL MONROE AND THE BLUE GRASS BOYSBlue Grass Breakdown
A New Generation
In the ‘60s, again, the American worker found himself in struggle. This time, the main concern was not wages or benefits, but civil rights and the War in Vietnam. American folksingers gathered in coffee shops and at hootenannies in San Francisco and New York. They picked up the legacies of Woody Guthrie and others, singing songs about the concerns of the day. Out of this community rose Folk Rock’s superstars - Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and others. Their work dealt with everything from love and war to work and play. The 1960s folk revival offered political commentary, sure, but also a powerful promise for change.
How and Why Did the Folk Revival Happen?
There were a lot of things that conspired to influence the folk music revival of the 1960s, but three major influences can be highlighted.
1. The Folklorists: During the early 20th Century, folklorists headed out across the country in hopes of documenting the musical styles traditional to various communities. John Lomax, for example, focused on documenting cowboy songs and the music of the African-American community (i.e. field recordings and prison recordings). The songs these folks collected—as documents and recordings—were a big part of the inspiration for the '60s revival.
JOHN LOMAXSons of The Pioneers - Chant of The Wanderer -1941
2. The Anthology: Second was the Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by filmmaker and record collector Harry Smith (the folklorists of the early 20th century are also to thank for many of the records on Smith's Anthology). This compilation featured artists ranging in style from banjo player Charlie Poole to the music of the Carter Family, folk-blues field recordings, and beyond. It gave budding folksingers a one-stop resource that exposed them to styles of music indigenous to communities they may never visit. Suddenly, musicians in Chicago could hear the music of Mississippi, for example.
PEG AND AWL - Anthology of American Folk Music
3. Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie: Finally, was the work of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, and the groups with which they performed during the '40s and '50s. The Almanac Singers and the groups they spun off into were a huge influence on the emergence of topical songwriting during the turbulent 1960s.
PETE SEEGERWhich side are you on
Who Are Some Important Artists From the 1960s Folk Revival?
Although the blues, Cajun music, and other styles were definitely involved in the revival, as stated above, the '60s folk revival can be separated into two most prominent camps: the singer/songwriters and the old timers/traditionalists/bluegrass pickers.
Here are some important singers and songwriters:
BOB DYLAN
Short Biography of Bob Dylan
Staring his career as a folk musician, becoming a rock and roll legend, and continuously staying on the cutting edge of music meant that Bob Dylan would have nearly 30 years as a top music icon. He started out singing in the 1960s, reaching and astonishing crowds through his songs that were more like speeches to a generation searching for themselves. His popularity matched other great performers of the era.
Born in the small city of Duluth Minnesota, Dylan was always fascinated with the songs of Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters. During his time in high school, Bob Dylan played in numerous bands, hoping and dreaming that he would be able to play his music in front of bigger crowds. He went to university for three of the required four years, but found his calling to music when he made contacts with several prominent folk artists. It was his playing at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village in New York City that Columbia records discovered him. Within two years, Dylan was already mesmerizing audiences. His first album contained only two original songs, but his second gained national recognition. His tunes, such as Masters of War and Don’t Think Twice were giving youth an opportunity to think about their role in society and their government.
With changes occurring all around him, it wasn’t too before Dylan stepped into the softer scene. He began releasing love songs, such as “It Ain’t Me Babe,” which sold nearly a million copies. When Dylan finally stretched further into contemporary rock, he began to sell as hot as any other artist in the nation. In his second appearance as the Newport Folk Festival, he broke out into a rock and roll set that got him booed off stage.
However, Dylan’s next album allowed him to attain a new type of following. His songs, such as Desolation Row and Like a Rolling Stone became a part of the American music psyche. And, his chart-topping music proved that he had what it took to make it in any musical domain he wished. His next release, Blonde on Blonde in the mid-1960s, is widely appreciated by rock musicians even to this day. His style went unmatched and his song writing skills were unparalleled. After a motorcycle injury that almost cost him his career, Dylan stepped away from the public limelight for years. His return saw him recording some country music, along with a duet with Johnny Cash. Dylan wrote the best-selling song Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door for a film about Billy the Kid and acted in the film.
By the 1980s, Dylan had become a born-again Christian and his work also made another startling transition. The public and his fans were thrown aback and weren’t sure where he was heading. After becoming a Christian, he decided to return to the religion of his early years, joining Judaism. He then toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Grateful Dead. In 1995, Dylan released an MTV Unplugged album and won a Golden Globe in 2001 for his song writing.
Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone (ORIGINAL)
Lyrics:
Once upon a time you dressed so fine,
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall,"
You thought they were all a'kiddin' you.
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out.
Now you don't talk so loud,
Now you don't seem so proud,
About having to be scrounging your next meal.
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To be without a home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, you've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely,
But you know you only used to get "juiced" in it.
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street,
And now you're gonna have to get used to it.
You say you never compromise
With a mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, "Do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To be on your own ?
With no direction home ?
A complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
You never understood that it ain't no good,
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.
You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat.
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal ?
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To have ya' on your own ?
With no direction home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they've got it made.
Exchanging all precious gifts,
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe.
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used.
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse.
When you ain't got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel ?
Aw, how does it feel ?
To be on your own ?
With no direction home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
BOB DYLAN Hurricane lyrics Live 1975
Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out "My God they killed them all"
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Three bodies lying there does Patty see
And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously
"I didn't do it" he says and he throws up his hands
"I was only robbing the register I hope you understand
I saw them leaving" he says and he stops
"One of us had better call up the cops"
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing
In the hot New Jersey night.
Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Patterson that's just the way things go
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the corps
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
He said "I saw two men running out they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said "Wait a minute boys this one's not dead"
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Says "Wha'd you bring him in here for ? He ain't the guy !"
Yes here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Four months later the ghettos are in flame
Rubin's in South America fighting for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him looking for somebody to blame
"Remember that murder that happened in a bar ?"
"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
"You think you'd like to play ball with the law ?"
"Think it might-a been that fighter you saw running that night ?"
"Don't forget that you are white".
Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure"
Cops said "A boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we're talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail be a nice fellow
You'll be doing society a favor
That sonofabitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim".
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.
All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The DA said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.
Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder 'one' guess who testified
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand ?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
JOAN BAEZ
Short Biography of JOAN BAEZ
Joan Baez was born on January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York, the second of three daughters to Dr. Albert Baez, a physicist, and Joan Bridge Baez. Her mother was English-Scotish, the daughter of an Episcopalian Minister and a professor of drama who had migrated to the United States, and her father was of Mexican parentage, the son of a minister. Her father's activities as a physicist, researcher and UNESCO consultant took him to many parts of the country, and Joan's childhood was spent first in the small town of Clarence Center, New York, and then in Redlands, California. She developed both her social consciousness and her love for music at a relatively tender age. Picking up the ukulele, Baez made her performing debut at a high school talent show when she was 14, performing "Honey Love." There she began singing both for the high school choir and for herself, and learned to accompany herself on the guitar. When her father took a job at M.I.T. a few years later,the family moved to Boston, where for a short time she studied drama at Boston University. She enrolled at the university and soon began singing at the Boston coffee houses, colleges and later concert halls along the East Coast to increasingly large crowds. Then came her 1959 Newport Folk Festival debut. Baez signed with the then relatively small folk label, Vanguard, which first released her performances at the Newport Folk Festival, and then released her first album, Joan Baez, in 1960 and the rest, as they say, is history...
Her admirers transcend musical strata and national boundaries. Her growth as a musician and as a human being have proceeded hand in hand. Enrolling herself in the Civil Rights cause and the peace movement, a spokesman for non-violent resistance to and protest against immoral authority, she has refused to pay taxes that go to escalate the war in Vietnam, and has sung at almost every historic demonstration, and fosters a school for non-violent protest in California.
JOAN BAEZ- Donna Donna
LYRICS
On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
"Stop complaining", said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
JOAN BAEZ AND BOB DYLAN
DAVE VAN RONK
Dave Van RonkCocaine
PHIL OCHS
PHIL OCHSWhen I'm gone
PETE SEEGER
Here are some of the old timers, traditionalists, and bluegrass pickers most influential on the revival:
NEW LOST CITY RAMBERS
NEW LOST CITY RAMBERSMan of Constant Sorrow
DOC WASTON
DOC WASTON 1964
BILL MONROE
ELECTRIC FOLK MUSIC
Electric folk (also called as folktronica and electrofolk ) is the name given to the form of folk rock pioneered in England from the late 1960s, and most significant in the 1970s, which then was taken up and developed in the surrounding Celtic cultures of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of man, to produce Celtic rock and its derivatives. It has also been influential in those parts of the world with close cultural connections to Britain and gave rise to the genre of folk punk. By the 1980s the genre was in steep decline in popularity, but has survived and revived in significance, partly merging with the rock music and folk music cultures from which it originated. Although in Britain the term folk rock is often used synonymously with electric folk, commentators have returned to this term as a means of distinguishing this as a clear and distinct category within the wider folk rock genre.
THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
Formed: 1964 (New York, NY)
Genres: Folk-rock, pop, electrofolk
Members:
"Papa" John Phillips (b. August 30, 1935, Parris Island, SC; d. March 18, 2001, Los Angeles, CA): vocals (baritone)
"Mama" Cass Elliot (b. Ellen Naomi Cohen, September 19, 1941, Baltimore, MD; d. July 29, 1974, London, England): vocals (alto)
Denny Doherty (b. November 29, 1941, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. January 19, 2007, Mississauga, Ontario, CAN): vocals (tenor)
Michelle Phillips (b. Holly Michelle Gilliam, June 4, 1945, Long Beach, CA): vocals (soprano)
Contributions to music:
Arguably the most successful of the Sixties' folk-rock bands
Helped put California on the musical map with their sunny pop arrangements while embodying the Sixties West Coast dream
John Phillips is considered one of the era's great songwriters
The group's peerless harmonies were the envy of many pop groups of the time
"Mama" Cass remains a crucial feminine icon of the era, and is considered one of pop's great divas
Early years:
Mamas and the Papas founder "Papa" John Phillips had been active in the New York music scene since 1957, singing doo-wop, rock, and folk, when he met Holly Michelle Gilliam, an aspiring actress and model, at the Greenwich Village's legendary folk hangout the hungry i. Smitten, John soon left his first wife for Michelle, inviting her to join his folk group The Journeymen. Denny Doherty of the Mugwumps (which included future members of the Lovin' Spoonful) soon joined and suggested local jazz/folk singer Mama Cass, also from his band. John resisted at first due to Cass' overweight appearance, but her talent won out.
Success:
After a side trip to the Virgin Islands, the four went to Los Angeles, where record producer Lou Adler was instantly taken by the foursome's magic harmonies and Phillips' original songwriting. One of those songs, "California Dreamin'," became an instant smash in the winter of 1965, and several singles followed, including "I Saw Her Again," which John had written about an affair Denny had been having with Michelle, his wife! Complicating matters almost instantly was Cass' unrequited love for Denny and a steady diet of drugs, namely hallucinogens like LSD. (Michelle was actually replaced for a time briefly in 1966.)
Later years: In the end, the love affairs, drug use, and what Cass saw as a general disrespect for her by other members of the band led to the group's demise in 1968. Cass began a successful solo career before her death from a heart attack in 1974; John became a notorious drug addict, leading to a famous bust in 1980, and Michelle went on to a second career as the actress she always wanted to be. John passed on from a heart attack himself in 2001, while Denny continued to form various tributes to his old band until his death in 2007 from complications arising from abdominal aneurysm surgery.
Other facts:
John Phillips penned "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)," a hit for Scott McKenzie, and also co-wrote the Beach Boys' "Kokomo"
John is the father of actress MacKenzie Phillips; John and Michelle are parents to Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips fame; Michelle is mother to model/actress Bijou Phillips
Michelle was given half the writing credit for "California Dreamin'" simply for taking down the lyrics as John wrote them
Legend has it that Cass Elliot developed her higher vocal range after being hit on the head by a pipe
Despite the urban myth, Cass Elliot did not die from choking on a ham sandwich!!!
Awards/Honors:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998)
GRAMMY Award (1966)
Vocal Group Hall of Fame (2000)
GRAMMY Hall of Fame (2001)
Recorded work: #1 hits:
"Monday, Monday" (1966)
Top 10 hits:
"California Dreamin'" (1966)
"I Saw Her Again" (1966)
"Creeque Alley" (1967)
"Dedicated To The One I Love" (1967)
"Words Of Love" (1967)
#1 albums:
If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)
Top 10 albums:
The Mamas & The Papas (1966)
Farewell To The First Golden Era (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
Other important recordings: "Straight Shooter," "I Call Your Name," "Go Where You Wanna Go," "Look Through My Window," "No Salt On Her Tail," "Trip, Stumble And Fall," "Glad To Be Unhappy," "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)," "Dancing Bear," "Dream A Little Dream Of Me," "Even If I Could," "That Kind Of Girl," "Free Advice," "Did You Ever Want To Cry," "Safe In My Garden," "For The Love Of Ivy"
Covered by: R.E.M., The Beach Boys, The Beautiful South, The Four Tops, The 5th Dimension, The Cowsills, Bobby Womack, The Ventures, The Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, Pennywise, The Carpenters,Neil Diamond
Paul Frederick Simon (b. October 13, 1941, Newark, NJ): vocals (baritone)
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (b. November 5, 1941, Queens, NY): vocals (tenor)
Contributions to music:
Folk and folk-rock's most successful duo
Established Paul Simon as one of the pre-eminent songwriters of his generation
Created the most seamless duo harmonies since the Everly Brothers
Brought folk-rock into the modern age with epic poetic stances and innovative production
Created a healing anthem for a turbulent era with the 1970 single "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Began Simon's influential incorporation of world music into Western pop
Early years: Childhood friends and schoolmates, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel began performing professionally at the age of 14 as a Everly Brothers-type duo called Tom and Jerry; in fact, they nearly scored a Top 40 hit in 1957 with Simon's composition "Hey, Schoolgirl." But subsequent success proved tough, and the duo soon went their own ways. By 1963, Simon had become inspired by the burgeoning Greenwich Village folk scene and started to write in that style. Garfunkel joined him for an album called Wednesday Morning, 3. A.M., but when it failed to chart, Paul decamped to England.
Success: In 1965, however, Florida radio stations began receiving numerous requests for "The Sound Of Silence," a track from the album. Sensing an opportunity, producer Tom Wilson overdubbed "rock" drums and guitars over the acoustic track, creating the hit we know today. Simon returned to the US, and although neither man approved of the tinkering, they began recording hits in a similar style, including "I Am A Rock." Their career got a major boost in 1968 when their songs were featured in the Mike Nichols film The Graduate, a timely generational comedy that proved a smash hit
Later years: By 1970, Simon's songwriting had grown considerably, leading to the massive hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The two had grown tired of working together by that time, and entered a hiatus that turned into more or less a permanent breakup. Simon went on to an even more successful solo career, while Art became a serious actor and sang with some degree of success. The duo have reunited periodically, most notably for a single in 1975 and a free New York Central Park concert in 1981, but for the most part they have remained separate entities. .
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Other facts:
Met as classmates in Queens' PS 164, appearing in a production of "Alice in Wonderland" with Paul as the White Rabbit and Garfunkel as the Cheshire Cat
Appeared on American Bandstand in 1957 as Tom and Jerry
The London "railway station" that inspired "Homeward Bound," Widnes Central, now features a plaque commemorating the song
"Mrs. Robinson" was originally called "Mrs. Roosevelt" but changed to reflect the name of a character in The Graduate
"El Condor Pasa" is based on an ancient Andean folk song
Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel is named for the duo
Awards/Honors:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990)
Four GRAMMY Awards (1969, 1971)
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
GRAMMY Hall of Fame (1998, 1999, 2004)
Songwriters Hall of Fame (1982) (Simon only)
Recorded work: #1 hits:
"The Sounds Of Silence" (1966)
"Mrs. Robinson" (1968)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)
Top 10 hits:
"I Am A Rock" (1966)
"The Boxer" (1969)
"Cecilia" (1970)
"My Little Town" (1975)
#1 albums:
The Graduate (1968)
Bookends (1968)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Top 10 albums:
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)
The Concert In Central Park (1982)
Other important recordings: "Bleecker Street," "Richard Cory," "Leaves That Are Green," "April Come She Will," "Homeward Bound," "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her," "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "The Dangling Conversation," "Fakin' It," "At The Zoo," "America," "Old Friends," "El Condor Pasa" Covered by: The Lemonheads, Everything but the Girl, Yes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Church, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, The Bangles, Sergio Mendes, Harpers Bizarre, Bob Dylan, Booker T. & The MGs, Elvis Presley, Them, Waylon Jennings, Peaches & Herb, Frank Sinatra, Cassidy, Bonnie Tyler, Shirley Bassey, Joan Baez, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Rich, The Ventures, Bon Jovi, The Hollies, Danny Bonaduce, Charlotte Church, The Seekers, Paul McCartney and Wings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Clay Aiken, Nirvana, Material Issue
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK
Psychedelic Rock is a style of Rock music which emerged in the mid 1960s. The sound produced is often intended to emulate the way music sounds while under the effects of psychedelic drugs. Songs typically include heavy use of reverb and drug-influenced lyrics. It's also not uncommon for Psychedelic Rock groups to include prominent elements of other genres including Folk, Blues and Jazz.
Began: 1965 in Los Angeles
Ended: 1972, a year after the death of lead vocalist, Jim Morrison
Original Members:
Jim Morrison - vocals
Robbie Krieger - guitar:
Ray Manzarek – keyboards
John Densmore – drums
SIGNIFICANT FACTS :
·Released nine studio albums and 18 singles prior to breaking up in 1972, with another six live and compilation albums since
·Listed as 20th on VH1's list of the greatest rock artists
·Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993
HISTORY:
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek met when they were students at UCLA's film school. Robbie Krieger and John Densmore were in a band called The Psychedelic Rangers, and knew Manzarek through their meditation classes. Together, they formed The Doors in 1965, borrowing the name from The Doors Of Perception, a novel by Aldous Huxley. They were signed to Elektra Records in 1966. The 1967 release of The Doors was the first in a series of top ten albums in the US, followed by Strange Days (1967), Waiting for the Sun (1968), The Soft Parade (1969), Morrison Hotel (1970), Absolutely Live (1970) and L.A. Woman (1971), with 19 Gold, 14 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone. Although The Doors' active career ended in 1973, their popularity has persisted. According to the RIAA they have sold 32.5 million certified units in the US. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger continue to tour as "Manzarek–Krieger" or "Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger of The Doors" for legal issues, performing Doors songs exclusively.
THE GROUP
Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger
He is an American rockguitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist inThe Doors, and wrote some of the band's best known songs, including "Light My Fire“ "Love me Two Times“ "Touch me", and "Love Her hardly. Krieger'sfingerstyleapproach to theelectric guitareclectic musical tastes, and songwriting helped establish the Doors as a successfulrock bandin the 1960s. He is listed as number 91 onRolling Stone’slist of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Ray Manzarek
Musician, Songwriter , Keyboardist, Filmmaker, met Morrison by chance on Venice Beach in California. Morrison said he had written some songs, and Manzarek expressed an interest in hearing them, whereupon Morrison sang a rough version of " Moonlight Drive" Manzarek liked the songs and co-founded the Doors with Morrison at that moment. Manzarek met drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger at a Transcendental Meditation lecture. Manzarek usually played the bass parts on a Fender Rhodes piano . His signature sound is that of the Vox Continental combo organ, an instrument used by many other psychedelic rock bands of the era. Johnn DensmoreMusician, drummer, film maker he joined The Doors in 1965 and remained a member until the band's dissolution in 1973. He quit the band on one occasion in reaction to Jim Morrison's increasingly self-destructive behavior, although he returned the next day. After the Doors' last performance with Morrison in New Orleans in 1970, the band agreed to discontinue performing live. Densmore formed a band with fellow ex-Doors Robby Krieger in 1973 called The Butts Band but disbanded after two albums in 1975. Densmore left rock-and-roll in the 1980s, moving to the world of dance as he performed with Bess Snyder and Co., touring the United States for two years.
Jim Morrison and The Doors: Lead singer and songwriter
As the lead singer and lyricist for the Doors, Jim Morrison is one of the most legendary and influential figures in rock & roll history. The disturbing, image-rich poeticism of Morrison's lyrics, perfectly supported by the Doors' swirling, eclectic psychedelic rock, have assured him continuing icon status, while his fondness for theatrical shock tactics and nihilistic angst have influenced countless imitators. Unlike other psychedelic artists, who tended to favor whimsy or mysticism, Morrison saw expansion of consciousness as a way of gainingaccess to the subconscious mind's dark, unacknowledged desires; hisrampaging id dominated his songs with a lust for violence, sex, alcohol, drugs, self-destruction, anything forbidden for any reason by the authority of conservative middle America, and he tried to live out that lifestyle as best he could. Some of Morrison's work has been criticized -- both during his lifetime and afterwards as too melodramatic and calculatedly outrageous, but even at his most frustrating, Morrison's ideas have achieved a lasting resonance with newer generations as well as his initial fans, and his best material remains some of the most original and visionary rock music ever recorded.
TOP FIVE FAVOURITE SONGS BY THE DOORS
· Hello I Love You
· Light My Fire
· Love Her Madly
· LA Woman
· People Are Strange
The Doors: “People are Strange” with lyrics
Comment:
It's easy to feel all alone when there's nobody there for you, and then start to believe that there's something wrong with yourself. This song captures that feeling of hopelessness without being overly depressing or whiny, actually it comes off as kind of funny. One of the best classics.
Another classic of the Doors is "Light my fire"
LIGHT MY FIRE
Most of the lyrics were written by Doors guitarist
Robbie Krieger. He wanted to write about one of the elements: fire, air, earth,
and water. Jim Morrison wrote some of the second verse, and Ray Manzarek came
up with the organ intro.
Born on 19 January 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Breaking new ground for women in rock music, Janis Joplin rose to fame in the late 1960s and was known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals.She grew up in a small Texas town.For years, Joplin struggled to escape from this confining community and spent even longer to trying to overcome her memories of her difficult years there. Developing a love for music at an early age, Joplin sang in her church choir as a child Most of the praise, however, focused on Joplin's incredible vocals. All of this attention caused some tension between Joplin and the rest of the band. After hearing Joplin at Monterey, president of Columbia Records Clive Davis wanted to sign the band. Albert Grossman who already managed Bob Dylan, the Band, and Peter, Paul and Mary later signed on as the band's manager and was able to get them out of another record deal that they had signed earlier with Mainstream Records. While their recordings for Mainstream never really went anywhere, their first album for Columbia was a huge hit. The wildly successful Cheap Thrills (1968) was a challenge to make and caused even more problems between Joplin and her band mates. Soon after its August 1968 release, the album was a certified gold record. It featured "Piece of My Heart" and "Summertime." These songs helped cement Joplin's reputation as a unique and dynamic bluesy rock singer. The cover album had been designed by famed underground cartoonist R. Crumb. Joplin struggled with her decision to leave Big Brother they had been like a family to her for a time. But she eventually decided to break with the band and go her own way. Joplin played with Big Brother for the last time in December 1968.Despite her untimely death, Joplin's songs continue to win new fans and inspire other performers. Numerous collections of her songs have been released over the years, including In Concert (1971) and Box of Pearls (1999). In recognition of her significant accomplishments, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a posthumous Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in 2005.Janis Joplin's life has been the subject of many books and documentaries, including Love, Janis (1992) written by her sister Laura Joplin. That book has been turned into a play by the same title.
Top ten Janis Joplin’s best songs:
Down on Me Bye, Bye Baby I Need a Man to Love Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) “Cry Baby” 'Ball and Chain,' " Piece of My heart Me and Bobby McGee Mercedes Benz." All Is Loneliness
“Piece of My Heart”:
General Comment:Janis Joplin is undoubtley a legend, and this song is just great! It’s about giving everything to a man even if he doesn't really deserves it, but if you are in love you don't care.
THE 50'sIn the 50’s in the south of the USA, people lived separately in two different neighborhoods: the black and the white neighborhoods. They were totally different. In the black neighborhood, black people played and sang “Rhythm and Blues” (R&B) which was similar to traditional Blues but faster. Blues was the music style that free black slaves sang from one plantation to another for a living. It was an easy music style based just in three chords always repeating themselves. Blues songs were sad but R&B was faster and happier, just perfect to dance and have a great time!
R&B songs became really famous among black people but also among young white people! For that reason, they started to buy R&B’s recordings in the “black market”. These recordings had a sticker on top saying “race record”, that meant that this music could be heard and bought just by black people. Since also white people wanted to listen to R&B, white record companies decided to create a similar music style but this time sung by white people and for white people. The name of this new music style was “Rock and Roll” (R&R) and it became very famous too.
The most well-known R&B singer was Chuck Berry, and the most famous R&R icon was Elvis Presley, also known as Elvis “The Pelvis”, or simply the “King of Rock”.
R&B: CHUCK BERRY
Charles Edward Anderson-Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "JohnnyB. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. Now he is 84 years old. He played in a concert on the first of January this year.
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy named of Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
[Chorus:]
Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Or sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made.
The People passing by, they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
[Chorus]
His mother told him someday you will be a man,
And you would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.
[Chorus]
Chuck Berry - You can't catch me (1956)
R&R: ELVIS AARON PRESLEY
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. A culturalicon, he is commonly known by the singlename Elvis. One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis began his career there in 1954, working with SunRecords owner SamPhillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley's first RCA single, "HeartbreakHotel", released in January 1956, was a number-one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African-American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in "Love Me Tender".
He staged few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, after seven years away from the stage, he returned to live performance in a celebrated comeback televisio nspecial that led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of profitable tours. In 1973 Presley staged the first concert broadcast globally via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at the age of 42.
Below the lyrics of the most famous songs are presented:
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
Wise men say only fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you
for I can't help falling in love with you
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Recorded in 1973 by Elvis Presley won the 16th place on the Billboard charts.Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied
Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
Im so happy that you're mine
If I make you feel second best
Girl, Im sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind
THE 60's
At the beginning of the 60’s, in the USA nothing had changed: Rock’n’Roll (R&R) and Rythm’n’Blues (R&B) music were still very popular, but there also appeared some new styles related to summertime and having fun such as:
SURF MUSIC
Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was especially popular from 1961 to 1966, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music It has two major forms: largely instrumental surf rock, with an electric guitar or saxophone playing the main melody, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, and vocal surf pop, including both surf ballads and dance music, often with strong harmonies that are most associated with The Beach Boys. Many notable surf bands have been equally noted for both surf instrumental and surf pop music, so surf music is generally considered as a single genre despite the variety of these styles.
Form:
Surf music began in the early 1960s as instrumental dance music, almost always in straight 4/4 (or common) time, with a medium to fast tempo. The sound was dominated by electric guitars which were particularly characterized by the extensive use of the "wet"spring reverb that was incorporated into Fender amplifiers from 1961, which is thought to emulate the sound of the waves. Surf music was one of the first genres to universally adopt the electric bass. Some popular songs also incorporated a tenor or baritonesaxophone, as on "Surf Ride" and "Comanche". Often an electric organ or an electric piano featured as backing harmony.
Vocal surf pop:
Although it began as a purely instrumental form, surf music achieved its greatest commercial success as vocal music. Most associated with this movement were the Beach Boys. Their early albums included both instrumental surf rock, including covers of music by Dick Dale, and vocal songs. Other vocal surf acts followed, including one-hit wonders like Bruce and Terry with "Summer Means Fun".
Hot rod rock:
Hot rod rock is a form of surf music that incorporates instrumental surf rock with car noises (revving engines and screeching tires). From 1963, the Beach Boys began to leave surfing behind as subject matter as Brian Wilson became their major composer and producer, moving on to the more general themes of male adolescence, including cars and girls, in songs like "Don't Worry Baby” (1964) and "Little Deuce Coupe" (1963). "Little Deuce Coupe" has been cited as one of the earliest forms of hard rock with its series of buzzing beats.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. By the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Wilson-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound that represented a departure from the simple surf rock of the Beach Boys' early years.
The Beach Boys have often been called "America's Band", and Allmusic has stated that their "unerring ability ... made them America's first, best rock band. The group has had thirty-six United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles. Rolling Stone magazine listed the Beach Boys at number 12 on their 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Disney Girls
versuri / lyrics
Clearing skies and drying eyes
Now I see your smile
Darkness goes and softness shows
A changing style
Just in time words that rhyme
Well bless your soul
Now I'll fill your hands
With kisses and a Tootsie Roll
Oh reality, it's not for me
And it makes me laugh
Oh, fantasy world and Disney girls
I'm coming back
Patti Page and summer days
On old Cape Cod
Happy times making wine
In my garage
Country shade and lemonade
Guess I'm slowing down
It's a turned back world
With a local girl
In a smaller town
Open cars and clearer stars
That's what I've lacked
But fantasy world and Disney girls
I'm coming back
Love...Hi Rick and Dave
Hi Pop...Well good morning mom
Love...get up guess what
I'm in love with a girl I found
She's really swell
Cause she likes
Church, bingo chances and old time dances
All my life I spent the night
With dreams of you
And the warmth I missed
And for the things I wished
They're all coming true
I've got my love to give
And a place to live
Guess I'm gonna stay
It'd be a peaceful life
With a forever wife
And a kid someday
It's earlier nights
And pillow fights
And your soft laugh
Fantasy world and Disney girls
I'm coming back
"Disney Girls (1957)" is a song written by Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1971 album Surf's Up. The lead vocals are by Johnston, who also plays keyboards, moog bass, and mandolin.
"Disney Girls " has proven to be one of Bruce Johnston's most enduring songs, still occasionally performed by The Beach Boys in concert to this day. It has been covered by many artists, including Art Garfunkel, Cass Elliott, Jack Jones, Captain & Tennille, and even Johnston himself, on his 1977 solo album Going Public. Cass Elliot's version (from the album Cass Elliot) is notable for featuring both Johnston and Carl Wilson.
TWIST MUSIC
The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative.
The dance was inspired by "The Twist," Chubby Checker's 1960 cover of the B-side of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters' 1959 single, "Teardrops on Your Letter."
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans, October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist". In September 2008 "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.
Ernest Evans was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina.By age eight Evans formed a street-corner harmony group, and by the time he entered high school, learned to play the piano. He would entertain his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lwis, Elvis Presleyand Fats Domino.
Let's twist again
Chubby Checker
Come on everybody clap your hands
Now you're looking good
I'm gonna sing my song and you won't take long
We gotta do the twist and it goes like this
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again
Oh baby make me know you love me so then
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here
Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again
Oh baby make me know you love me so then
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time ïs here
Meanwhile in Europe, in the UK, a new music style called “Pop music” or just “Pop” appeared. It was an easy music style which people could easily find nice. Its topics were familiar to all of them, mainly about love. Young people really enjoyed this new style of music. The most important groups were “The Beatles” and “The Rolling Stones”.
(active years: 1960-1970)A rockband with the biggest influence on rock and the most successful rockband which sold more than 1.3 billion plates by the end of 2004- more than anybody else in the world. They tried out a lot of music styles and sometimes combined a few. Beside pop and rock they mixed folk, country, blues, soul and a lot of others in their music. They also tried many new music trends like hard rock etc.
Their appearance in 1963 was a big sensation in The United Kingdom, by 1964 their popularity spread troughout North America especially after their appearance on Ed Sullivan’s Show. In 1964s Billboard Top 100 list they were on the first 5 placements: since then, nobody has been able to achieve this. There are 4 movies about them: Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Yellow submarine, Let it be (which won an Academy Award, more known as an Oscar for best original soundtrack category). Their last live performance was on the top of the Apple studio in January, 1969. They officially split up in 1970 and after John Lennon’s death in 1980 all hope of their reunion died.
Records:
The world’s most popular performers, after selling more than a billion plates/CDs) worldwide. In 1965 at their performance in Shea Stadium they broke the record of the most visited concert (55 600 people) and the concert with the biggest income. This was the first music concert which took part not in a theatre, or a concert hall but a stadium. They broke every viewing record in the Ed Sullivan show. More than 70 million viewers watched it. On the 12th of June, 1965 the members of The Beatles received an order of MBE (…).Interesting facts:Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison were guest stars in The Simpsons animated series but not at the same time.Their most famous album cover: Abbey road
John Winston Lennonvocal, rhythm guitar, keyboards - Liverpool/United Kingdom, 1940 October 9th - New York, 1980, December 8th
George Harrisonvocal, sologuitar - Liverpool/Great Britain, 1943 February 25th - Los Angeles/USA, 2001 November 29th
During The Beatles’s career most songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. There are only a few songs connected to Harrison’s name. While Harrison was still a member of The Beatles he started to grow his interest towards Indian music and hinduism. At that time the whole population was interested in the eastern religions, philosophy and music. Later Harrisons interest towards meditation became a part of Harrison’s personal life and music. Harrison organized the first big charity concert.
Ringo Starr (birth name: Richard Starkey)drums, vocal - 1940, July 7th
(1962 - present)
The Rolling Stones is a British rock band, which took part in the so called British invasion in the beginning of 1960’s. It was a leading band in the British Blues wave. During their American tour in ’69 they were referred to as the best rock and roll band in the world. The Rolling Stones is one of the longest lasting bands in the world. They make recordings even today and go on tours. It has happened many times that The Rolling Stones’s tour is the mos
Their first producer was Georgio Gomelsky who reserved the band in the Crawdaddy Club. In 8 months The Rolling Stones became London’s first concert band, even the Beatles watched their show. At that time the Beatles were good looking, with suits and brushed hair but The Rolling Stones were deliberately messy and uncared and on their album cover they looked like a group of criminals.
The Rolling Stones became popular in the US a little later in 1964. Their first „big” hit was „Time Is On My Side” in September ‘64. They continued with great power and reached their success, which came with „Satisfaction” in the summer of 1965. Their Between the Buttons album came out in 1967 and the most famous two songs were: „Ruby Tuesday” and „Let’s spend the night together”. They had to censor their lyrics on the latter because of their performance on the Ed Sullivan show. That was the first time the band sold itself.
In the beginning of 1968 they got a new producer, Allen Klein. In 1970 their signed contract with Decca Records from 1963 was coming to its end so the boys made their own record label: The Rolling Stones Records. Also in 1970 Mick Jagger in a suspence of a logo asked John Pasche, the young student from the Royal College of Art in London, to observe an emblem of the Indian Kali goddess, and make a logo. That’s how the sticking out tongue was born that later Andy Warhol used as a cover for the Sticky Fingers CD.
Members:Sir Michael Phillip „Mick” Jagger - 1943 26th of July, Dartford, England - rock and roll musician, actor, lyric writer, producer and businessman
THE VIETNAM WAR
The “Vietnam War” broke out in 1965 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was a communist regime and was helped by China and the U.S.S.R., communist countries too. South Vietnam was a military dictatorship but it was helped by the U.S.A. The United States sent young people to fight there without experience. Finally, North Vietnam won the war, the United States retired from the country and the reunited Vietnam became the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
In the USA, during the Vietnam War, a big change took place in the American society. People protested against their government because they didn’t understand why young people had to go to fight there. So a new protest movement called “The Hippie Movement” was born. Their symbol was the daisy because it’s fragile and harmless. Their motto was: “MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR”.
Young people were not happy with their society and they tried to scape from it and so, they sometimes consumed drugs. They weren’t aware of the dangers that it represented until some of their idols started to die.
As far as music is concerned, two new music styles appeared:
FOLK MUSIC
Folk music has no nameable origin. It’s more tradition than entertainment. There are folk songs that date so far back, they can be considered oral histories. Certainly, in America, songs by traditional American folksingers like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie tell stories that often don’t even appear in history books.
Lead Belly House of the rising sun
lyrics
there is a house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
it's been the ruin of a many a poor girl
and me, oh god are one
if i had listened like momma said
i would not be here today
but being so young and foolish too
that a gambler lead me astray
come tell my baby sisters
dont do what i have done
please shun that house in new orleans
they call the rising sun
i'm goin back to new orleans
my race is almost run
i'm goin back to new orleans
beneath the rising sun
From its origins, folk music has been the music of the working class. It is community-focused and has rarely enjoyed commercial success. By definition, it is something anyone can understand and in which everyone is welcome to participate. Folk songs range in subject matter from war, work, civil rights, and economic hardship to nonsense, satire and, of course, love songs.
From the onset of American history, folk music has shown up at times when the people needed it most. The earliest folk songs rose from slave fields as spirituals: “Down by the Riverside,” “We Shall Overcome,” etc. These are songs about struggle and hardship, but are also full of hope. They sprang from the need of the worker to go to a place in her brain where she knew there was more to the world than the hardships she was facing at the time.
Fellow Workers
The 20th Century brought folk music back into the American psyche as workers struggled and struck for child labor laws and the eight-hour work day. Workers and folksingers gathered in churches, living rooms and union halls, and learned songs that helped them cope with their rough work environment. Joe Hill was an early folk songwriter and union agitator. His songs adapted the tunes of Baptist hymns by replacing the words with verses about the ongoing labor struggles. These tunes have been sung during worker strikes and in union halls ever since.
In the 1930s, folk music enjoyed a resurgence as the stock market crashed and workers everywhere were displaced, scrambling for jobs. A series of droughts and dust storms encouraged farmers out of the Dust Bowl region and toward promises in California and New York State. These communities were found in boxcars and jungle camps, as workers tried to make their way from job to job.
Woody Guthrie was one of those workers who headed to California in search of gainful employment. Woody wrote hundreds of songs between the 1930s and his death in 1967 of Huntington’s Chorea.
WOODY GUTHRIE This land is your land
In the 1940s, bluegrass began to evolve as a distinct genre with greats like Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, which spawned banjo legend Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, as well as Del McCoury and others.
BILL MONROE AND THE BLUE GRASS BOYS Blue Grass Breakdown
A New Generation
In the ‘60s, again, the American worker found himself in struggle. This time, the main concern was not wages or benefits, but civil rights and the War in Vietnam. American folksingers gathered in coffee shops and at hootenannies in San Francisco and New York. They picked up the legacies of Woody Guthrie and others, singing songs about the concerns of the day. Out of this community rose Folk Rock’s superstars - Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and others. Their work dealt with everything from love and war to work and play. The 1960s folk revival offered political commentary, sure, but also a powerful promise for change.
How and Why Did the Folk Revival Happen?
There were a lot of things that conspired to influence the folk music revival of the 1960s, but three major influences can be highlighted.
1. The Folklorists: During the early 20th Century, folklorists headed out across the country in hopes of documenting the musical styles traditional to various communities. John Lomax, for example, focused on documenting cowboy songs and the music of the African-American community (i.e. field recordings and prison recordings). The songs these folks collected—as documents and recordings—were a big part of the inspiration for the '60s revival.
JOHN LOMAX Sons of The Pioneers - Chant of The Wanderer -1941
2. The Anthology: Second was the Anthology of American Folk Music, compiled by filmmaker and record collector Harry Smith (the folklorists of the early 20th century are also to thank for many of the records on Smith's Anthology). This compilation featured artists ranging in style from banjo player Charlie Poole to the music of the Carter Family, folk-blues field recordings, and beyond. It gave budding folksingers a one-stop resource that exposed them to styles of music indigenous to communities they may never visit. Suddenly, musicians in Chicago could hear the music of Mississippi, for example.
PEG AND AWL - Anthology of American Folk Music
3. Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie: Finally, was the work of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, and the groups with which they performed during the '40s and '50s. The Almanac Singers and the groups they spun off into were a huge influence on the emergence of topical songwriting during the turbulent 1960s.
PETE SEEGER Which side are you on
Who Are Some Important Artists From the 1960s Folk Revival?
Although the blues, Cajun music, and other styles were definitely involved in the revival, as stated above, the '60s folk revival can be separated into two most prominent camps: the singer/songwriters and the old timers/traditionalists/bluegrass pickers.
Here are some important singers and songwriters:
BOB DYLAN
Short Biography of Bob Dylan
Staring his career as a folk musician, becoming a rock and roll legend, and continuously staying on the cutting edge of music meant that Bob Dylan would have nearly 30 years as a top music icon. He started out singing in the 1960s, reaching and astonishing crowds through his songs that were more like speeches to a generation searching for themselves. His popularity matched other great performers of the era.
Born in the small city of Duluth Minnesota, Dylan was always fascinated with the songs of Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters. During his time in high school, Bob Dylan played in numerous bands, hoping and dreaming that he would be able to play his music in front of bigger crowds. He went to university for three of the required four years, but found his calling to music when he made contacts with several prominent folk artists. It was his playing at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village in New York City that Columbia records discovered him. Within two years, Dylan was already mesmerizing audiences. His first album contained only two original songs, but his second gained national recognition. His tunes, such as Masters of War and Don’t Think Twice were giving youth an opportunity to think about their role in society and their government.
With changes occurring all around him, it wasn’t too before Dylan stepped into the softer scene. He began releasing love songs, such as “It Ain’t Me Babe,” which sold nearly a million copies. When Dylan finally stretched further into contemporary rock, he began to sell as hot as any other artist in the nation. In his second appearance as the Newport Folk Festival, he broke out into a rock and roll set that got him booed off stage.
However, Dylan’s next album allowed him to attain a new type of following. His songs, such as Desolation Row and Like a Rolling Stone became a part of the American music psyche. And, his chart-topping music proved that he had what it took to make it in any musical domain he wished. His next release, Blonde on Blonde in the mid-1960s, is widely appreciated by rock musicians even to this day. His style went unmatched and his song writing skills were unparalleled. After a motorcycle injury that almost cost him his career, Dylan stepped away from the public limelight for years. His return saw him recording some country music, along with a duet with Johnny Cash. Dylan wrote the best-selling song Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door for a film about Billy the Kid and acted in the film.
By the 1980s, Dylan had become a born-again Christian and his work also made another startling transition. The public and his fans were thrown aback and weren’t sure where he was heading. After becoming a Christian, he decided to return to the religion of his early years, joining Judaism. He then toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Grateful Dead. In 1995, Dylan released an MTV Unplugged album and won a Golden Globe in 2001 for his song writing.
Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone (ORIGINAL)
Lyrics:
Once upon a time you dressed so fine,
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall,"
You thought they were all a'kiddin' you.
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out.
Now you don't talk so loud,
Now you don't seem so proud,
About having to be scrounging your next meal.
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To be without a home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, you've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely,
But you know you only used to get "juiced" in it.
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street,
And now you're gonna have to get used to it.
You say you never compromise
With a mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, "Do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To be on your own ?
With no direction home ?
A complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
You never understood that it ain't no good,
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.
You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat.
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal ?
How does it feel ?
How does it feel ?
To have ya' on your own ?
With no direction home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they've got it made.
Exchanging all precious gifts,
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe.
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used.
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse.
When you ain't got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel ?
Aw, how does it feel ?
To be on your own ?
With no direction home ?
Like a complete unknown ?
Like a rolling stone ?
BOB DYLAN Hurricane lyrics Live 1975
Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Cries out "My God they killed them all"
Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Three bodies lying there does Patty see
And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously
"I didn't do it" he says and he throws up his hands
"I was only robbing the register I hope you understand
I saw them leaving" he says and he stops
"One of us had better call up the cops"
And so Patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing
In the hot New Jersey night.
Meanwhile far away in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Patterson that's just the way things go
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the corps
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
He said "I saw two men running out they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said "Wait a minute boys this one's not dead"
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye
Says "Wha'd you bring him in here for ? He ain't the guy !"
Yes here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Four months later the ghettos are in flame
Rubin's in South America fighting for his name
While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
And the cops are putting the screws to him looking for somebody to blame
"Remember that murder that happened in a bar ?"
"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
"You think you'd like to play ball with the law ?"
"Think it might-a been that fighter you saw running that night ?"
"Don't forget that you are white".
Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure"
Cops said "A boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we're talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail be a nice fellow
You'll be doing society a favor
That sonofabitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain't no Gentleman Jim".
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say and I do it for pay
And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.
All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The DA said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.
Rubin Carter was falsely tried
The crime was murder 'one' guess who testified
Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand ?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
JOAN BAEZ
Short Biography of JOAN BAEZ
Joan Baez was born on January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York, the second of three daughters to Dr. Albert Baez, a physicist, and Joan Bridge Baez. Her mother was English-Scotish, the daughter of an Episcopalian Minister and a professor of drama who had migrated to the United States, and her father was of Mexican parentage, the son of a minister. Her father's activities as a physicist, researcher and UNESCO consultant took him to many parts of the country, and Joan's childhood was spent first in the small town of Clarence Center, New York, and then in Redlands, California. She developed both her social consciousness and her love for music at a relatively tender age. Picking up the ukulele, Baez made her performing debut at a high school talent show when she was 14, performing "Honey Love." There she began singing both for the high school choir and for herself, and learned to accompany herself on the guitar. When her father took a job at M.I.T. a few years later,the family moved to Boston, where for a short time she studied drama at Boston University. She enrolled at the university and soon began singing at the Boston coffee houses, colleges and later concert halls along the East Coast to increasingly large crowds. Then came her 1959 Newport Folk Festival debut. Baez signed with the then relatively small folk label, Vanguard, which first released her performances at the Newport Folk Festival, and then released her first album, Joan Baez, in 1960 and the rest, as they say, is history...
Her admirers transcend musical strata and national boundaries. Her growth as a musician and as a human being have proceeded hand in hand. Enrolling herself in the Civil Rights cause and the peace movement, a spokesman for non-violent resistance to and protest against immoral authority, she has refused to pay taxes that go to escalate the war in Vietnam, and has sung at almost every historic demonstration, and fosters a school for non-violent protest in California.
JOAN BAEZ- Donna Donna
LYRICS
On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
"Stop complaining", said the farmer
Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
JOAN BAEZ AND BOB DYLAN
DAVE VAN RONK
Dave Van Ronk Cocaine
PHIL OCHS
PHIL OCHS When I'm gone
PETE SEEGER
Here are some of the old timers, traditionalists, and bluegrass pickers most influential on the revival:
NEW LOST CITY RAMBERS
NEW LOST CITY RAMBERS Man of Constant Sorrow
DOC WASTON
DOC WASTON 1964
BILL MONROE
ELECTRIC FOLK MUSIC
Electric folk (also called as folktronica and electrofolk ) is the name given to the form of folk rock pioneered in England from the late 1960s, and most significant in the 1970s, which then was taken up and developed in the surrounding Celtic cultures of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of man, to produce Celtic rock and its derivatives. It has also been influential in those parts of the world with close cultural connections to Britain and gave rise to the genre of folk punk. By the 1980s the genre was in steep decline in popularity, but has survived and revived in significance, partly merging with the rock music and folk music cultures from which it originated. Although in Britain the term folk rock is often used synonymously with electric folk, commentators have returned to this term as a means of distinguishing this as a clear and distinct category within the wider folk rock genre.THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
Formed: 1964 (New York, NY)
Genres: Folk-rock, pop, electrofolk
Members:
"Papa" John Phillips (b. August 30, 1935, Parris Island, SC; d. March 18, 2001, Los Angeles, CA): vocals (baritone)
"Mama" Cass Elliot (b. Ellen Naomi Cohen, September 19, 1941, Baltimore, MD; d. July 29, 1974, London, England): vocals (alto)
Denny Doherty (b. November 29, 1941, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. January 19, 2007, Mississauga, Ontario, CAN): vocals (tenor)
Michelle Phillips (b. Holly Michelle Gilliam, June 4, 1945, Long Beach, CA): vocals (soprano)
Contributions to music:
Early years:
Mamas and the Papas founder "Papa" John Phillips had been active in the New York music scene since 1957, singing doo-wop, rock, and folk, when he met Holly Michelle Gilliam, an aspiring actress and model, at the Greenwich Village's legendary folk hangout the hungry i. Smitten, John soon left his first wife for Michelle, inviting her to join his folk group The Journeymen. Denny Doherty of the Mugwumps (which included future members of the Lovin' Spoonful) soon joined and suggested local jazz/folk singer Mama Cass, also from his band. John resisted at first due to Cass' overweight appearance, but her talent won out.
Success:
After a side trip to the Virgin Islands, the four went to Los Angeles, where record producer Lou Adler was instantly taken by the foursome's magic harmonies and Phillips' original songwriting. One of those songs, "California Dreamin'," became an instant smash in the winter of 1965, and several singles followed, including "I Saw Her Again," which John had written about an affair Denny had been having with Michelle, his wife! Complicating matters almost instantly was Cass' unrequited love for Denny and a steady diet of drugs, namely hallucinogens like LSD. (Michelle was actually replaced for a time briefly in 1966.)
Later years:
In the end, the love affairs, drug use, and what Cass saw as a general disrespect for her by other members of the band led to the group's demise in 1968. Cass began a successful solo career before her death from a heart attack in 1974; John became a notorious drug addict, leading to a famous bust in 1980, and Michelle went on to a second career as the actress she always wanted to be. John passed on from a heart attack himself in 2001, while Denny continued to form various tributes to his old band until his death in 2007 from complications arising from abdominal aneurysm surgery.
Other facts:
Awards/Honors:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998)
- GRAMMY Award (1966)
- Vocal Group Hall of Fame (2000)
- GRAMMY Hall of Fame (2001)
Recorded work:#1 hits:
Top 10 hits:
#1 albums:
- If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)
Top 10 albums:Other important recordings: "Straight Shooter," "I Call Your Name," "Go Where You Wanna Go," "Look Through My Window," "No Salt On Her Tail," "Trip, Stumble And Fall," "Glad To Be Unhappy," "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)," "Dancing Bear," "Dream A Little Dream Of Me," "Even If I Could," "That Kind Of Girl," "Free Advice," "Did You Ever Want To Cry," "Safe In My Garden," "For The Love Of Ivy"
Covered by: R.E.M., The Beach Boys, The Beautiful South, The Four Tops, The 5th Dimension, The Cowsills, Bobby Womack, The Ventures, The Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, Pennywise, The Carpenters,Neil Diamond
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Formed: 1964 (Forest Hills, Queens, New York, NY)
Genres: Folk, Folk-rock, Pop-rock, Pop, Electrofolk
Members:
Paul Frederick Simon (b. October 13, 1941, Newark, NJ): vocals (baritone)
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (b. November 5, 1941, Queens, NY): vocals (tenor)
Contributions to music:
Early years:
Childhood friends and schoolmates, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel began performing professionally at the age of 14 as a Everly Brothers-type duo called Tom and Jerry; in fact, they nearly scored a Top 40 hit in 1957 with Simon's composition "Hey, Schoolgirl." But subsequent success proved tough, and the duo soon went their own ways. By 1963, Simon had become inspired by the burgeoning Greenwich Village folk scene and started to write in that style. Garfunkel joined him for an album called Wednesday Morning, 3. A.M., but when it failed to chart, Paul decamped to England.
Success:
In 1965, however, Florida radio stations began receiving numerous requests for "The Sound Of Silence," a track from the album. Sensing an opportunity, producer Tom Wilson overdubbed "rock" drums and guitars over the acoustic track, creating the hit we know today. Simon returned to the US, and although neither man approved of the tinkering, they began recording hits in a similar style, including "I Am A Rock." Their career got a major boost in 1968 when their songs were featured in the Mike Nichols film The Graduate, a timely generational comedy that proved a smash hit
Later years:
By 1970, Simon's songwriting had grown considerably, leading to the massive hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The two had grown tired of working together by that time, and entered a hiatus that turned into more or less a permanent breakup. Simon went on to an even more successful solo career, while Art became a serious actor and sang with some degree of success. The duo have reunited periodically, most notably for a single in 1975 and a free New York Central Park concert in 1981, but for the most part they have remained separate entities.
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Other facts:
Awards/Honors:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990)
- Four GRAMMY Awards (1969, 1971)
- GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
- GRAMMY Hall of Fame (1998, 1999, 2004)
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (1982) (Simon only)
Recorded work:#1 hits:
- "The Sounds Of Silence" (1966)
- "Mrs. Robinson" (1968)
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)
Top 10 hits:#1 albums:
- The Graduate (1968)
- Bookends (1968)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Top 10 albums:Other important recordings: "Bleecker Street," "Richard Cory," "Leaves That Are Green," "April Come She Will," "Homeward Bound," "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her," "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "The Dangling Conversation," "Fakin' It," "At The Zoo," "America," "Old Friends," "El Condor Pasa"
Covered by: The Lemonheads, Everything but the Girl, Yes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Church, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, The Bangles, Sergio Mendes, Harpers Bizarre, Bob Dylan, Booker T. & The MGs, Elvis Presley, Them, Waylon Jennings, Peaches & Herb, Frank Sinatra, Cassidy, Bonnie Tyler, Shirley Bassey, Joan Baez, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Rich, The Ventures, Bon Jovi, The Hollies, Danny Bonaduce, Charlotte Church, The Seekers, Paul McCartney and Wings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Clay Aiken, Nirvana, Material Issue
PSYCHEDELIC ROCKPsychedelic Rock is a style of Rock music which emerged in the mid 1960s. The sound produced is often intended to emulate the way music sounds while under the effects of psychedelic drugs. Songs typically include heavy use of reverb and drug-influenced lyrics. It's also not uncommon for Psychedelic Rock groups to include prominent elements of other genres including Folk, Blues and Jazz.
Began: 1965 in Los Angeles
Ended: 1972, a year after the death of lead vocalist, Jim Morrison
Original Members:
Jim Morrison - vocals
Robbie Krieger - guitar:
Ray Manzarek – keyboards
John Densmore – drumsSIGNIFICANT FACTS :
· Released nine studio albums and 18 singles prior to breaking up in 1972, with another six live and compilation albums since
· Listed as 20th on VH1's list of the greatest rock artists
· Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993
HISTORY:
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek met when they were students at UCLA's film school. Robbie Krieger and John Densmore were in a band called The Psychedelic Rangers, and knew Manzarek through their meditation classes. Together, they formed The Doors in 1965, borrowing the name from The Doors Of Perception, a novel by Aldous Huxley.
They were signed to Elektra Records in 1966. The 1967 release of The Doors was the first in a series of top ten albums in the US, followed by Strange Days (1967), Waiting for the Sun (1968), The Soft Parade (1969), Morrison Hotel (1970), Absolutely Live (1970) and L.A. Woman (1971), with 19 Gold, 14 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone. Although The Doors' active career ended in 1973, their popularity has persisted. According to the RIAA they have sold 32.5 million certified units in the US. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger continue to tour as "Manzarek–Krieger" or "Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger of The Doors" for legal issues, performing Doors songs exclusively.
THE GROUP
Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger
He is an American rock guitarist and songwriter . He was the guitarist in The Doors , and wrote some of the band's best known songs, including "Light My Fire “ " Love me Two Times “ " Touch me ", and " Love Her hardly . Krieger's fingerstyle approach to the electric guitar eclectic musical tastes, and songwriting helped establish the Doors as a successful rock band in the 1960s. He is listed as number 91 on Rolling Stone’slist of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Ray Manzarek
Musician, Songwriter , Keyboardist, Filmmaker, met Morrison by chance on Venice Beach in California. Morrison said he had written some songs, and Manzarek expressed an interest in hearing them, whereupon Morrison sang a rough version of " Moonlight Drive" Manzarek liked the songs and co-founded the Doors with Morrison at that moment. Manzarek met drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger at a Transcendental Meditation lecture. Manzarek usually played the bass parts on a Fender Rhodes piano . His signature sound is that of the Vox Continental combo organ, an instrument used by many other psychedelic rock bands of the era.Johnn DensmoreMusician, drummer, film maker he joined The Doors in 1965 and remained a member until the band's dissolution in 1973. He quit the band on one occasion in reaction to Jim Morrison's increasingly self-destructive behavior, although he returned the next day. After the Doors' last performance with Morrison in New Orleans in 1970, the band agreed to discontinue performing live. Densmore formed a band with fellow ex-Doors Robby Krieger in 1973 called The Butts Band but disbanded after two albums in 1975. Densmore left rock-and-roll in the 1980s, moving to the world of dance as he performed with Bess Snyder and Co., touring the United States for two years.
Jim Morrison and The Doors: Lead singer and songwriter
TOP FIVE FAVOURITE SONGS BY THE DOORS
· Hello I Love You
· Light My Fire
· Love Her Madly
· LA Woman
· People Are Strange
The Doors: “People are Strange” with lyrics
Comment:
It's easy to feel all alone when there's nobody there for you, and then start to believe that there's something wrong with yourself. This song captures that feeling of hopelessness without being overly depressing or whiny, actually it comes off as kind of funny. One of the best classics.
Another classic of the Doors is "Light my fire"
LIGHT MY FIRE
Most of the lyrics were written by Doors guitarist
Robbie Krieger. He wanted to write about one of the elements: fire, air, earth,
and water. Jim Morrison wrote some of the second verse, and Ray Manzarek came
up with the organ intro.
Born on 19 January 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Breaking new ground for women in rock music, Janis Joplin rose to fame in the late 1960s and was known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals.She grew up in a small Texas town.For years, Joplin struggled to escape from this confining community and spent even longer to trying to overcome her memories of her difficult years there. Developing a love for music at an early age, Joplin sang in her church choir as a child Most of the praise, however, focused on Joplin's incredible vocals. All of this attention caused some tension between Joplin and the rest of the band.
After hearing Joplin at Monterey, president of Columbia Records Clive Davis wanted to sign the band. Albert Grossman who already managed Bob Dylan, the Band, and Peter, Paul and Mary later signed on as the band's manager and was able to get them out of another record deal that they had signed earlier with Mainstream Records. While their recordings for Mainstream never really went anywhere, their first album for Columbia was a huge hit. The wildly successful Cheap Thrills (1968) was a challenge to make and caused even more problems between Joplin and her band mates. Soon after its August 1968 release, the album was a certified gold record. It featured "Piece of My Heart" and "Summertime." These songs helped cement Joplin's reputation as a unique and dynamic bluesy rock singer. The cover album had been designed by famed underground cartoonist R. Crumb.
Joplin struggled with her decision to leave Big Brother they had been like a family to her for a time. But she eventually decided to break with the band and go her own way. Joplin played with Big Brother for the last time in December 1968.Despite her untimely death, Joplin's songs continue to win new fans and inspire other performers. Numerous collections of her songs have been released over the years, including In Concert (1971) and Box of Pearls (1999). In recognition of her significant accomplishments, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a posthumous Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in 2005.Janis Joplin's life has been the subject of many books and documentaries, including Love, Janis (1992) written by her sister Laura Joplin. That book has been turned into a play by the same title.
Top ten Janis Joplin’s best songs:
Down on Me
Bye, Bye Baby
I Need a Man to Love
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
“Cry Baby”
'Ball and Chain,' "
Piece of My heart
Me and Bobby McGee
Mercedes Benz."
All Is Loneliness
“Piece of My Heart”:
General Comment:Janis Joplin is undoubtley a legend, and this song is just great! It’s about giving everything to a man even if he doesn't really deserves it, but if you are in love you don't care.
“Cry Baby”